x, 202 pages ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-193)

Includes indexes

Historical overview -- Ordination : Old Testament origins -- Ordination : Rabbinic traditions -- Ordination : early church -- Ordination : Reformation rubrics -- Ordination : subsequent -- In retrospect -- The laying on of hands -- God's mighty hand -- "An elementary doctrine" -- The laying on of hands in Acts -- The laying on of hands in 1 and 2 Timothy -- The laying on of hands in the Apostolic age -- Ordination and the theology of ministry -- Ordination, office, and ministry -- Authority and ordination

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